oxen
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The coroner said Jaysley, originally from Oxen Park in Cumbria, was pressured to drop the allegations and it was only reported to higher command "when the cat was already out of the bag".
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
Oxen were important draft animals, with their brawn pressed into service to till the land for rice, the foundation of the Japanese diet.
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2022
Jenn Miller, founder of the Trottin’ Oxen Run Club of Northern Virginia, had a different concern.
From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2020
Oxen were replacing tractors in agricultural fields; wood was being used to to fire ovens in state-run bakeries, and a number of factories had either cut back on production or shut down altogether.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2019
Pretty soon a couple of harmless and sleepy-looking Oxen came plodding up the gang-plank and strolled through the doorway.
From Harper's Round Table, August 27, 1895 by Various
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